The discovery of one old record is breathing new life into a genre of Soviet-era music that hasn't been widely heard overseas for decades. About a decade ago, music producer Vik Sohonie was in New ...

Sofia Gubaidulina: her music was labelled ‘irresponsible’ by the Soviet authorities for its exploration of unorthodox tunings - Marcello Mencarini/Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy Sofia Gubaidulina, who ...

Saturday, May 18, the University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra will present its 26th annual spring concert, ‘The Snowstorm’. The concert will feature several soloists as they perform ...

Opening the 2025 Intervision Song Contest in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin framed the event as a celebration of unity through music. But the spectacle carried another message: Russia is ...

Russia will hold its "Intervision" music competition in September, organisers announced on Wednesday, after authorities revived the Soviet-era competition that was meant to rival Eurovision. The ...

Last year, when cellist Betsy Husby and pianist Alexander Chernyshev teamed up for a recital of Russian music, Husby was happy to get back to something she'd been interested in since college.

The first Soviet artist of stature to perform in the U.S. since Composer-Pianist Sergei Prokofiev’s visit 34 years ago is Emil Gilels, who comes as Soviet Russia’s “foremost pianist.” Following the ...

Polina Osetinskaya, a critic of the invasion who has stayed in Moscow even as the government cracks down on dissent, will play a Baroque program in New York. By Javier C. Hernández When Russia invaded ...